Laser photodissociation of Na+2

15 December 1981

journal article
letter
Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics

Vol. 75 (12) , 5966-5967
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.442020

Abstract

Photodissociation of Na₂⁺ formed by sequential excitation and ionization of Na₂ by an Ar⁺ laser has been studied. Experiments using a single frequency cw dye laser tuned to a D line are also described, and compared to previous multimode experiments. The results of both sets of experiments support our previous hypothesis that Na⁺ formed in sodium vapor irradiated with light from a cw multimode dye laser tuned to a D line result from photodissociation of incipient Na₂⁺ formed in Na(3p)/Na(3p) associative ionization. (AIP)

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